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Taimyrite & Polarite

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Taimyrite & Polarite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoye Deposit, Baymak-Buribay District, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Polished section of taimyrite, polarite (comes with documentation)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Taimyrite

Renamed To: 

Taimyrite-I

Formula: 
(Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0

Polarite

Formula: 
Pd(Bi,Pb)
Strunz: 
2.AC.40
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...